# The funny thing about the American Dream

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxSavannah
- Speaker: Harrison Scott Key
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/harrison_scott_key_the_funny_thing_about_the_american_dream)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What if all the motivational speakers are wrong? Writer and humorist Harrison Scott Key uses his own unremarkable journey from country boy to -- if you ask his mom -- literary star to illustrate the mildly outrageous truth about what it really takes to achieve the American Dream.

## Lectures

1. [The funny thing about the American Dream](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/harrison_scott_key_the_funny_thing_about_the_american_dream/da821d5705a5), 13 min (TED's player)